Skills Coach/Technician - Case Manager

Bowen Health•Warsaw, IN

About The Position

The Skills Technician aids and supports parents who are unable to appropriately fulfill parenting and homemaking functions. The Technician assists families through advocating, teaching, demonstrating, monitoring, and/or role modeling new, appropriate skills towards self-sufficiency. This role may be responsible for transporting patients for appointments. Additionally, this role may also provide case management and skill building services to the assigned caseload. These services may be provided at a Bowen Health location, in the community, and in patients’ homes. A caseload may consist of child/adolescent or adult population depending on the location and the need.

Requirements

Education: Associate’s Degree or sixty (60) undergraduate credit hours, or High School Diploma or GED accepted with a minimum of four (4) years of prior experience.
Experience: Prefer two (2) years in a mental health setting.
CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) - Certification must be obtained after hire and prior to providing direct patient care. This certification must be maintained and kept current through employment.
BLS (Basic Life Support) and First Aid - Certification must be obtained after hire and prior to providing direct patient care. This certification must be maintained and kept current through employment.
Valid driver’s license and active auto insurance coverage.
Satisfactory results from criminal and driving record background checks
Must be a minimum 21 years of age.
Must be a minimum 25 years of age to operate a Bowen vehicle.

Nice To Haves

Prefer two (2) years in a mental health setting.

Responsibilities

Document patient progress notes.
Review and update patien intake information (demographics) for accuracy.
Coordinate homemaker services with Case Manager asdeterminedby care coordination plan.
Instructpatients in appropriate homemaker services including cleanliness of home, personal hygiene, budgetingand other activities of daily living.
Advocate, teach, demonstrate, monitor, and model appropriate housekeeping skills.
Advise familiesin privatehomein dealing with problems such as cleanliness, and household utilities.
Participates in evaluatingtheneedsof individualsserved, andconfers with Case Manager to plan for continuingadditionalservices.
Transport patients to and from appointments in surrounding counties while abiding by speed limits and road signs.
Perform simple vehicle maintenance, such as fueling gas tank, cleaning exterior & interior, taking vehicle for oil changes.
Ensurepatients follow bus procedures when traveling with them on a bus including being safely seated and using seat belts.
Build natural support systems and promote greaterpatientindependence
Assistpatients to learn and develop new skills to improve functioning and independence
Ensurepatients are linked with otherneeded healthcare providers
Ensurepatients are addressing the goals that are important to them and/or their referral source
Participate in medical appointments with the organization’s medical staff
Ensurepatients are making progress and are discharged atan appropriate amountof time
Transportpatients as needed and appropriateto their care
Complete all clinical documentation accurately, using exact startandstop times, andsubmittingtimely.
Other duties as assigned.